Cougars Close Out Play at The Briar's Creek Invitational

2014-03-25T22:27:29Z2014-03-25T22:27:29Z

JOHNS ISLAND, SC -

Laura Fuenfstueck (Frankfurt, Germany) shot 6-over par to tie for 12th on the final day of tournament play at the Briar’s Creek Invitational hosted by the College of Charleston at The Golf Club at Briar’s Creek.

The freshman turned in rounds of 77-70-75—222 including an eagle on the par-4 11th in the final round to lead the Cougars at the par-72, private golf community and course designed by Rees Jones.

Christina Vosters of Penn State won individual medalist honors shooting 1-under with a 72-75-68—215 scorecard. Texas Tech charged up the leaderboard on the final day firing a tournament-low round 286 to claim the team title (+24). The Red Raiders edged Penn State by four strokes (+28) and Kimmy Hill led the way for Texas Tech tying a tournament record for lowest round with a 67 to place fifth at 2-over.

As a team, the Cougars carded a three-round score of 309-305-208—922 (+58) to place 15th in a field comprised of five Top 50-ranked Golfstat.com teams in No. 11 Clemson (+35), who finished fifth, No. 34 GRU Augusta (+31) in fourth, No. 40 Kansas (+39) in seventh, No. 46 Wisconsin (+43) tied for eighth and No. 48 Illinois (+55) in 11th.

“We’ve had a lot of great tournaments and weekends this year, but this wasn’t one of them,” CofC Head Coach Jamie Futrell said. “We have to make sure we turn it around quickly as we have another big tournament this weekend at the Bryan National Collegiate. We would like to thank the Briar’s Creek staff and all of our volunteers for running yet another first-class collegiate golf tournament for the second year in a row.”

Junior C.C. Buford (San Antonio, Texas), who competed as an individual, tied for 22nd (+9) and matched a career-low round with an even-par 72 in the final round. She and Fuenfstueck were one of only nine players in the 17-team field to make an eagle through 54 holes of play. Sophomore Morgan Webber (Moore, S.C.) was the next highest finisher for CofC tying for 33rd at +12.

The Cougars will return to action this coming weekend at the Bryan National Collegiate co-hosted by Wake Forest and UNCG on March 28-30 at the Champions Course at Bryan Park Golf and Enrichment Center in Greensboro, N.C.